From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mtagate1.de.ibm.com (mtagate1.de.ibm.com [195.212.29.150]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mtagate1.de.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B45DDDCA for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:41:53 +1100 (EST) Received: from d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.167.49]) by mtagate1.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1FAfmpg091590 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:41:48 GMT Received: from d12av04.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12av04.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.165.229]) by d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.2) with ESMTP id l1FAfmcJ2252918 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:41:48 +0100 Received: from d12av04.megacenter.de.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d12av04.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l1FAflxU015215 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:41:48 +0100 From: Jens Osterkamp To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] libata: PATA driver for Celleb Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:41:49 +0100 References: <200701260724.l0Q7OISY027645@toshiba.co.jp> <45D3EAA7.80805@garzik.org> <1171525923.20192.243.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1171525923.20192.243.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200702151141.49708.jens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Jeff Garzik , arnd@arndb.de, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org, Andrew Morton , James K Lewis , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thursday 15 February 2007, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > I'm totally confused about who the heck is the spidernet maintainer. > > Me too :-) > > > My > > inbox is pelted by spidernet driver updates from multiple people, and > > often the spidernet patches (regardless of author) receive comments that > > give me pause. The MAINTAINERS file says > > > > > SPIDERNET NETWORK DRIVER for CELL > > > P: Jim Lewis > > > M: jim@jklewis.com > > > L: netdev@vger.kernel.org > > > S: Supported > > > > but I do not see patch roll-ups or much activity from him at all. In > > practice, it seems like Linas does patchsets for spidernet, but there is > > also Jakob Osterkemp(sp?) and Ishizaki and.... > > I think Jens Osterkampf should be the final ACK/NAK'er as he has all the > hardware to test except the Toshiba gear :-) In fact, Jens, if you are > ok with that, I'd like to have you be the maintainer of that driver, > unless you think it's better for Linas to do it. > > > My overall impression of spidernet development is that EVERYBODY is > > submitting patches at once, and expecting me to sort out the mess. No > > thanks. > > It's been a bit of a mess. I suggest we get our gear together (Linas, > Jens, Kou) and provide you a single patch set from a single source in > the upcoming couple of days coming from the designated maintainer. > > Jens ? Linas ? Is that ok with you guys ? Who gets to be that > maintainer ? > > _ALSO_ since spidernet uses (and modifies) sungem_phy.c, we need either > DaveM or my ack there (DaveM is sungem maintainer but I wrote sungem_phy > and most of it is only used on powermacs). > > Thus let's move that back to the cbe-oss-dev mailing list, our > designated maintainer will post there a candidate patch set, I will > verify the sungem_phy change is ok with powermac (I myself haven't > followed enough to figure out what patch is the latest there), we'll all > test on our respective hardware, and then that maintainer will send you > one patch set to apply. > > That shouldn't take more than a few days. If we miss -rc1, well, then it > will be in -rc2, as most of the patches have been around for long enough > etc... it's really mostly a matter of getting our gear together. > > > Speaking with one voice would be much appreciated. And said speaker > > should patch the MAINTAINERS file to reflect reality. Sounds reasonable. I fully agree. Linas has done a pretty good job on improving the driver in the last half year or so and he also has access to all the necessary hardware so I think he would be the right person for the job. Jens